Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc. is a non-profit rural electric utility cooperative

Utility cooperative

A utility cooperative is a type of cooperative that is tasked with the delivery of a public utility such as electricity, water or telecommunications to its members...

 headquartered in San Augustine, Texas

San Augustine, Texas

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The Cooperative was organized in January 1938 and its first power lines were energized in December of that year.

The Cooperative serves portions of eight counties in the state of Texas

Texas

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, in a territory generally surrounding San Augustine.

Currently (as of July 2006) the Cooperative has approximately 7,000 miles of line and nearly 37,000 meters. This includes the customers of the Garrison, Texas

Garrison, Texas

Garrison is a city in Nacogdoches County, Texas, United States. The population was 895 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Garrison is located at ....

municipal-owned system which the Cooperative purchased in September 2001.

External links

• Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative